The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2013
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:05 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.38° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.30° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.